Plastering material.



.No. 886,813. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

' D. R. JONES.

PLASTERING MATERIAL. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 190a.

136211 75111. Jules attoznuy DAVID R. JONES, OF ATOHISON, KANSAS.

PLASTERING MATERIAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed May 9, 1906. Serial No. 315,956.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID R. JONES, citizen of the United States, residing at Atchi son, in the county of Atchison and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plastering Material; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the invention, such as will enable 0t ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in plastering material and my object is to prepare said material and mold the same into blocks so that it can be applied directly to the studding of the building without the use of laths.

A further object is to provide reinforcing means for said plastic blocks.

Other ob'ects and advantages will be hereinafter ma e clearly apparent in the specification and pointed outzin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred forms of my invention.

In said drawingsFigure 1 is a plan View of a plurality of studding showing sections of my im roved plastering blocks secured thereto an Fig. 2 is a sectional View through one of the blocks.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 indicates studding such, as is employed in buildin s to which I secure plastic blocks 2, sai blocks being referably molded in strips of suflicient lengt to reach into engagement with three of the studding. The material used in making my improved laster is preferably composed of plaster of aris, cement or any other like substance and is combined with hair, wood fiber, sawdust,

wool, wood shavings, excelsior, straw or other like substances.

The blocks are preferably reinforced with stri s of burlap or other like material, said bur ap being placed between layers of the plastering material while the same is in a green state so that said plastering material will comrningle with and adhere to said burlap before drying. The edges of the blocks2 are preferably stepped as at 3 the inner faces of said stepped portions bein covered with the burlap so that when the b ocks are being secured to the studding, the stepped edges thereof will overlap each other, thereby reinforcing the meeting edges of said blocks and at the same time producing substantially a continuous surface.

After the blocks of plastering are placed in position upon the studding, they are secured thereto by means of screws or the like 4 after which said blocks may be covered with wall paper or other material as preferred.

By this construction it will be seen that I have provided a prepared character thatthe blocks t ereof may be secured to the studdin by any one whether skilled in the art of p astering or not.

What I claim is An article of manufacture comprising blocks formed of alternate layers of plastic material and reinforcing strips of fabric, said fabric being molded between layers of plastic material while said material is in a green state, said blocks being stepped at o os ftat edges and having one of said strips offabric so disposed between said layers of plastic material that it will cover the inner faces of said ste ped portions.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID R. JONES.

Witnesses:

ASA W. THOMPSON, JOHN K. Frsnnn.

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